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Map - The Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, 2nd Macedonian War, 197 B.C. - Phase III344 viewsMap - The Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, 2nd Macedonian War, 197 B.C. - Phase III

Map - The Greek world during the Greco-Persian Wars (ca. 500�479 BC).544 viewsThe first Persian invasion of Greece, during the Persian Wars, began in 492 BCE, and ended with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE. The invasion, consisting of two distinct campaigns, was ordered by the Persian king Darius I primarily in order to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria. These cities had supported the cities of Ionia during their revolt against Persian rule, thus incurring the wrath of Darius. Darius also saw the opportunity to extend his empire into Europe, and to secure its western frontier.
The first campaign in 492 BCE, led by Mardonius, re-subjugated Thrace and forced Macedon to become a client kingdom of Persia. However, further progress was prevented when Mardonius's fleet was wrecked in a storm off the coast of Mount Athos. The following year, having demonstrated his intentions, Darius sent ambassadors to all parts of Greece, demanding their submission. He received it from almost all of them, except Athens and Sparta, both of whom executed the ambassadors. With Athens still defiant, and Sparta now effectively at war with him, Darius ordered a further military campaign for the following year.
The second campaign, in 490 BCE, was under the command of Datis and Artaphernes. The expedition headed first to the island Naxos, which it captured and burnt. It then island-hopped between the rest of the Cycladic Islands, annexing each into the Persian empire. Reaching Greece, the expedition landed at Eretria, which it besieged, and after a brief time, captured. Eretria was razed and its citizens enslaved. Finally, the task force headed to Attica, landing at Marathon, en route for Athens. There, it was met by a smaller Athenian army, which nevertheless proceeded to win a remarkable victory at the Battle of Marathon.
This defeat prevented the successful conclusion of the campaign, and the task force returned to Asia. Nevertheless, the expedition had fulfilled most of its aims, punishing Naxos and Eretria, and bringing much of the Aegean under Persian rule. The unfinished business from this campaign led Darius to prepare for a much larger invasion of Greece, to firmly subjugate it, and to punish Athens and Sparta. However, internal strife within the empire delayed this expedition, and Darius then died of old age. It was thus left to his son Xerxes I to lead the second Persian invasion of Greece, beginning in 480 BCE

Map - Attica and Megaris491 viewsAttica and Megaris from Maps, plans, views and coins illustrative of the travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian era

Map - 1788 Bocage Map of Thessaly, Ancient Greece ( the home of Achilles)478 views

Map - Greece under Theban Hegemony 371 - 362 BC 562 views

Map - Ancient Phocis Greece364 viewsAncient Phocis Greece

Map - The main sanctuaries of classical Greece393 views

Map - Illyricum Province of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire334 viewsIllyricum Province of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Illyricum was a Roman province that existed between 167 BC and 10 AD, named after conquered Illyria, stretching from the Drin river (in modern north Albania) to Istria (Croatia) in the west and to the Sava river (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the north. Salona (near modern Split in Croatia) functioned as its capital. The province was then divided into Pannonia in the north and Dalmatia in the south.

Map - Aetolia, Greece367 viewsAetolia, Greece

Map - Ancient Athens270 views

Map - Ancient Greece409 views

Map - Northern Ancient Greece321 viewsNorthern Ancient Greece

Map - Southern Ancient Greece323 viewsMap of the southern regions of Ancient Greece

Map of the central regions of ancient Greece384 viewsMap of the central regions of Ancient Greece

Map - The Athenian Empire at its Height 450 BC470 views

Map - The Battle Of Salamis 480 B.C.298 viewsThe Battle of Salamis was organized by Themisotcles who believed that the Athenian fleets were the "wooden walls" the oracle spoke of in order to defeat the Persians. During this battle King Xeres sat in a golden throne watching his fleets lose the battle. A famous quote from Xeres during this battle was "My men have become women, and women men." He exclaimed this because Queen Artemisia of Halicarnassus, a Greek who was fighting for the Persians, rammed a Persian ship in order to escape.

Map - The Beginnings of Historic Greece 700 - 600 BC 232 views

Map of Boeotia (Viotia) prefecture (Νομός Βοιωτίας) in Greece281 viewsThe modern Greek prefecture of Boeotia.

Map - Ancient Epirus317 views

Map - Epirus, Greece311 viewsEpirus in antiquity, reproduced from a map made by Heinrich Kiepert, published in 1902.

Map - Ancient Greece287 views

Map - Geography of Athens334 views

Map - Greece at the Time of the War with Persia 500-479 BC268 views

Map - Greece and her Colonies369 views

Map - The Illyrian tribes prior to Roman conquest233 views

Macedonian Kingdom348 viewsMap of the Macedonian kingdom. Data from M. Hatzopoulos, Macedonian Institutions under the Kings, Athens, 1996. Drawing by Marsyas.

Map - 400 AD The Roman Province of Macedonia313 viewsMap of Macedonia and Greece c. 400 AD, showing the administrative division into dioceses and provinces, as well as the major cities.

Map - Ancient City of Athens269 views

Map - Ancient Greece303 views

Map - Ancient Greece and her Colonies259 views

Map - Ancient Greece and her Colonies249 views

Map - Ancient Northern Greece246 views

Map - Ancient Peloponnesos264 views

Map - Ancient Vindelicia and Illyricum237 views

Map - Epirus and surrounding areas in the 4th century BC389 views

Map - Plan of the Antiquities of Athens218 views

Map - Miletus Bay341 viewsMap in English showing the silting evolution of Miletus Bay due to the alluvium brought by the Maeander River during Antiquity. Are also displayed some of the modern cities and towns of the area, the current course of the Maeander River and the current shoreline.

Map - Mycenaean Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc. 1450 BC 428 viewsThe period of Mycenaean Greece ran from about 1600-1100 B.C. and ended with the Greek Dark Age. This is the period described in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. At the end of the Mycenaean period, writing was abandoned.

Map - Northwestern Greeks and Southern Illyrian Tribes332 views

Map - Thessaly249 views

Map - Ancient Athens Acropolis293 viewsPlan of the Acropolis of Athens

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